“When a plane gets out of control, there's only one thing you could let yourself think about: What do I do next? The mark of a good fighter pilot is that when it all goes to shit, what is he yelling in the microphone? It isn't a prayer, it's: 'I've tried A! I've tried B! I've tried C! I've tried D! T…”— Tom Wolfe, amazon.com
“Only by defeating a powerful energy can one prove one's real strength.”— Nichiren Daishonin, amazon.com
“When I had made up my mind about these obstructions which looked so formidable, I simply gave the order: 'clear the way.'”— Adm David Porter, amazon.com
“Discover the system end of the art. Through which this admirable advantage is gained by those who find it impossible to live without an enemy.”— Plutarch, amazon.com
“Good generals understand that tactical victories don't guarantee you'll win the larger war. But failing to win tactical battles guarantees the accomplishment of nothing.”— David Fraser, amazon.com
“He leapt at every experience of battle, but he turned experience into military wisdom with his shrewdness and his objectivity. There thus emerged not only a superb man of action but a military philosopher. It was this gift of Rommel's for distilling experience, for translating individual achievement…”— David Fraser, amazon.com
“Never forget that behind every apparently ruthless or uncaring organization or institution, there are ordinary people desperately striving to meet their unique needs.”— Herb Cohen, amazon.com
“To move along the line of natural expectation consolidates the opponent equilibrium, and, by stiffening it, augments his resisting power. In war, as in wrestling, the attempt to throw an opponent without loosening his foothold and balance can only result in self-exhaustion, increasing in disproporti…”— B.H. Liddell Hart, amazon.com
“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal,…”— Henry David Thoreau, amazon.com
“Rommel's lessons: in an encounter battle, open fire with everything available, no matter the theoretic suitability of the weaponry. Open fire, blanket the enemy, and use speed and shock to confound him. In an advance, ignore threats to flanks or rear–march fast, march deep, throw the enemy off balan…”— David Fraser, amazon.com
“No man has ever been more alive to the importance of opportunism in battle. No man has ever been more conscious of time, of the fleeting nature of opportunity, of the rapidity with which the command must act or react. Rommel has an instinctive feeling for where and when a chance of battle would pres…”— David Fraser, amazon.com
“Being in need created a desperate market approach. You don't compete with dollars. How do you get people to feel something emotionally? We couldn't afford to go to the 1997 MAGIC show in Las Vegas, but we had already paid for the booth. So we printed 25,000 bumper stickers, 'Where's Ecko?' and sent…”— Marc Ecko, inc.com
“So look at your enemy and see whether in spite of his being in most respects harmful and difficult to manage, he does not in some way or another afford you means of getting hold of him and using him as you can use no one else and so can be of profit to you.”— Plutarch, amazon.com
“We understand that there's no obstacle from which we can't create some kind of value. We view any such doubt as delusion.”— Alex Lickerman MD, amazon.com
“Inner strength comes only to those who move forward in the face of adversity.”— Phil Stutz, Barry Michels, amazon.com
“Adversity is the 'weight' against which you develop your inner strength.”— Phil Stutz, Barry Michels, amazon.com
“These thoughts led me to the following conclusion: in so many ways, we create a self-fulfilling dynamic in our lives that tends to go in one of two directions. The first is determined by our overall sense of fear when confronting the world. This makes us value comfort and security above all else. We…”— Robert Greene, amazon.com